The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... matter with myself , I could not poffibly lay the fault upon the art , but upon thofe grofs im- postors , who set up to be the artists . I know fe- veral learned men have contended , that the whole is a cheat ; that it is abfurd and ...
... matter with myself , I could not poffibly lay the fault upon the art , but upon thofe grofs im- postors , who set up to be the artists . I know fe- veral learned men have contended , that the whole is a cheat ; that it is abfurd and ...
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... might be dangerous to my perfon ; but in smaller matters , and fuch as are not of publick confequence , I fhall be very free ; and the truth of my conjectures will as as much appear from these as the other . As THE YEAR 1708 . 15.
... might be dangerous to my perfon ; but in smaller matters , and fuch as are not of publick confequence , I fhall be very free ; and the truth of my conjectures will as as much appear from these as the other . As THE YEAR 1708 . 15.
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... matter of ftate , that concerns us here at home , I fhall fpeak no farther of . I fhall add but one prediction more , and that in myftical terms , which fhall be included in a verse out of Virgil , Alter erit jam Tethys , et altera quæ ...
... matter of ftate , that concerns us here at home , I fhall fpeak no farther of . I fhall add but one prediction more , and that in myftical terms , which fhall be included in a verse out of Virgil , Alter erit jam Tethys , et altera quæ ...
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... matter , together with the standard epithets of strange and wonderful , the price brought down a full half , which was but a penny in its prime , and bawled about by hawkers of the inferior clafs , with the concluding cadence of A ...
... matter , together with the standard epithets of strange and wonderful , the price brought down a full half , which was but a penny in its prime , and bawled about by hawkers of the inferior clafs , with the concluding cadence of A ...
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... matter of the Predictions themselves , I shall not enter upon the examination of them ; but think it very incumbent upon the learned Mr. Par- tridge to take them into his confideration , and lay as many errors in aftrology as poffible ...
... matter of the Predictions themselves , I shall not enter upon the examination of them ; but think it very incumbent upon the learned Mr. Par- tridge to take them into his confideration , and lay as many errors in aftrology as poffible ...
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Página 368 - He is without the sense of shame, or glory, as some men are without the sense of smelling ; and therefore, a good name to him, is no more than a precious ointment would be, to these.
Página 214 - The women look like angels, and would be more beautiful than the sun, were it not for little black spots that are apt to break out in their faces and sometimes rise in very odd figures.
Página 482 - Although men are accused for not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps as few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold, which the owner knows not of.
Página 152 - I am ignorant of any one quality, that is amiable in a man, which is not equally so in a woman : I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature. Nor do I know one vice or folly, which is not equally detestable in both.
Página 197 - This last piece of civility had like to have cost me dear, being once or twice in danger of my neck by leaping over his ditches, and at last forced to alight in the dirt, when my horse, having slipped his bridle, ran away, and took us up more than an hour to recover him again. It...
Página 17 - I have consulted the star of his nativity by my own rules, and find he will infallibly die upon the 29th of March next, about eleven at night, of a raging fever: therefore I advise him to consider of it, and settle his affairs in time.
Página 226 - This comedy likewise exposes, with great justice, that unnatural taste for Italian music among us, which is wholly unsuitable to our northern climate, and the genius of the people, whereby we are overrun with Italian effeminacy and Italian nonsense.
Página 327 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Página 97 - When a Man's Thoughts are clear, the properest Words will generally offer themselves first; and his own Judgment will direct him in what Order to place them, so as they may be best understood.
Página 196 - Exactly at eight the mother came up, and discovered, by the redness of her face, that supper was not far off. It was twice as large as the dinner, and my persecution doubled in proportion. I desired at my usual hour to go to my repose, and was conducted to my chamber by the gentleman, his lady, and the whole train of children. They importuned me to drink something before I went to bed ; and, upon my refusing...